Grandma in NY is found guilty of murdering the 3 y.o.slave that she also beat,burned,& starved
Joe1orbit
Hello,
It's been a long day, folks. But how could I pass up a final child murder
post, as it crossed my beloved news wire. Over in New York today, a 42 year old
grandma named Barbara Briggs was found guilty of beating her 3 year old
grandson/slave to death with a cutting board. Three year old Keith had the
misfortune of having his mother become ill. Since he was a slave, little Keith
was automatically shuffled off like a worthless piece of owned propery, to his
nearest relative, grandma Barbara.
Our grandma promptly proceeded to torture and torment her new slave, beating
the toddler with electrical cords, burning him with cigarettes, starving him,
and finally beating him to death with a wooden board and throwing his down
repeatedly to the floor after she caught the 3 year old sneaking into the
pantry to try and get some sugar for his profoundly malnourished body.
After beating the boy severely, Mommy Barbara left him lying motionless on
the kitchen floor, and went to bed. The next morning, she walked over to the
boy, lying motionless, examined him, told her 11 year old daughter: "I think
he's dead", and then left the dead body of the 3 year old lying there on the
floor for a full day.
At the time of his death, 3 year old Keith weighed 28 pounds. His body was
covered with old scars from lit cigarettes that grandma Barbara had applied to
his body, as well as the regular beatings she had inflicted upon him. A
psychologist, testifying for the defense, declared grandma Barbara to be
mentally ill. But the jury refused to accept that declaration, and found our
grandma guilty. She faces a 25 year to Life prison term, at her sentencing on
May 1st. The FACT is, grandma Barbara is an abused and traumatized victim of
your society, just as much so as the 3 year old slave that she brutalized and
murdered.
Your society GAVE her possession of a helpless child, based upon the "Sacred
Blood Bond" cultural myth and mores. Your society made no attempt to determine
Barbara's competency, because it considers children to be worthless slaves.
Barbara simply acted out the injustice and trauma that your society inflicted
upon her. She showed no emotion as the guilty verdict was announced in court
today. Why bother showing any emotion? Actions speak louder than words or
emotions. And besides, your society has no interest in Truth. It does not want
any of the proud abusers and torturers and murderers to tell or show it, that
they are CREATIONS of society. So Barbara keeps her mouth shut and her emotions
to herself. But if you have a keen eye, you see the Truth, that she expressed
in her ACTIONS.
Well, that's all for today folks. Time for me to take care of some final
chores, and then hit the hay, and invite pleasant dreams of bloodshed and
destruction of human life, to invade my nocturnal mind.
Take care, JOE
The following appears courtesy of today's Associated Press news wire:
Grandmother convicted of fatally beating 3-year-old
March 12, 1998
By Ben Dobbin, Associated Press
ROCHESTER, N.Y. (AP) — Keith Sims was 3 years old, weighed 28 pounds and had
many old scars from cigarette burns and whacks with an electrical cord by the
time his grandmother battered him to death one night with a cutting board.
Barbara Briggs showed no emotion as she was convicted of the second-degree
murder Thursday. She could get 25 years to life in prison at a May 1
sentencing.
The defense challenged whether she inflicted the fatal head wounds, but also
asked jurors to accept a psychologist's assertion that mental illness made
Briggs unaware of the dangers of her escalating abuse.
"The pictures of Keith's body are not pictures that show somebody's love,''
responded prosecutor Douglas Randall. "They are pictures that show us the
horror that this little boy lived with, and this little boy died with.''
Police said Briggs, 42, confessed that she beat Keith with a wooden bread board
and threw him repeatedly to the floor Sept. 6 after he was caught raiding the
pantry for a sugar sandwich.
The next morning, Briggs examined the boy on the floor, then got up and said,
"I think he's dead,'' her 11-year-old daughter testified. Briggs did not move
the body or call 911 for another day.
Dr. Douglas Shearer testified that Keith died from the effects of head trauma.
The pathologist said the boy also had "massive physical injuries to almost
every inch of his body,'' many of them old wounds inflicted by a cutting board,
cigarettes, electrical cord and a belt.
Keith was so malnourished that he had only 1 millimeter of body fat in his
chest instead of a normal 25 millimeters.
The boy had moved in with his grandmother and her three children because his
mother was ill.
MO CAFEEN
This reminds me of a book I read called "A Child Called 'It'". Has anyone else
read this? It is actually the first in a set of three books about this child /
man's life. I have not read the other two. If anyone here has, I would love
to know.
glas
MO CAFEEN wrote in message
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I read this book too. It was one of the saddest stories of child
abuse I've ever seen. I can't seem to find the other two books
either. If you do come up with them, let me know too.
glas
MO CAFEEN
> I can't seem to find the other two books
>either. If you do come up with them, let me know too.
If you search the web for the author's name (which I can't seem to recall at
the moment) you will come across a couple of different places where you can
mail-order these books. That's how I acquired this one in the first place. I
just haven't ordered the others yet, and before I did, I was interested in
hearing from anyone who might have read them. If you don't know the author's
name, let me know. I'll be glad to dig through my boxes of books and find it.
KChase5656
glas wrote in message <6eag5c$6ft$1...@usenet76.supernews.com>...
>MO CAFEEN wrote in message
><19980313044...@ladder03.news.aol.com>...
>|This reminds me of a book I read called "A Child Called 'It'". Has
>anyone else
>|read this? It is actually the first in a set of three books about
>this child /
>|man's life. I have not read the other two. If anyone here has, I
>would love
>|to know.
>
>
>I read this book too. It was one of the saddest stories of child
>either. If you do come up with them, let me know too.
>
I read it and I hated it. Good thing it only took like 2 hrs. to read
printed in that kindergarden font. It's by David J. Pelzer. The next book
in the series is called "The Lost Boy : A Foster Child's Search for the Love
of a Family". And as far as I know the third book in the series hasn't been
written yet.
K
MO CAFEEN
K,
I don't think this guy ever claimed to be a great author. He lived this
experience and simply wanted to tell his story. It was well-received by
myself, and apparently others, as a needed eye-opener to the realities of child
abuse. It also opened the door to a great many valuable discussions with my
own 8-year-old daughter, who saw the book on my shelf a nd asked about it. We
spoke at length about keeping our eyes open to the possible home life that may
be being lived by some children who she may see at school, or on playgrounds,
or elsewhere, who may seem like "bad" kids.
BTW, I am not saying that Pelzer was a "bad" kid, but we were referencing the
fact that he often got into trouble at school for stealing lunches, etc. To
classmates and other children, he may have appeared to be in trouble a lot. My
daughter has now learned to take into consideration, when dealing with a child
who may have problems, be a bully, etc., that we don't alsways know "why" a
child feels a need to behave like he / she does.
I found the book very valuable. So this abused child didn't grow up to be one
of the prolific authors of our time. Forgive him.